@jrobertm: "PARIS: The world's elite have *rigged laws in their own favour*
undermining democracy and creating a chasm of inequality across
the globe, charity Oxfam said in advance of the annual get-together
of the world's most courtneyrodriguez@example.org.
Inequality has run so out of control, that the 85 richest people
on the planet "own the wealth of half the world's population,"
Oxfam said in an introduction to a new report on widening
disparities between the rich and poor.
The report exposes the "pernicious impact" of growing inequality
that helps "the richest undermine democratic processes and drive
policies that promote their interests at the expense of everyone else",
the statement said.
Inequality has recently emerged as a major concern in countries
around the world, with US President Obama prioritising a push
to narrow the wealth gap in his second term.
In China, the new government there has cracked down on the elite
perks and privileges and  Germany seems set to adopt a minimum wage.
The World Economic Forum (WEF), which organises the Davos talkfest,
warned last week that the growing gulf between the rich and the poor
represents the biggest global risk in 2014.
"The chronic gap between the incomes of the richest and poorest citizens
is seen as the risk that is most likely to cause serious damage globally 
in the
coming decade," the WEF said.
But many of the corporate giants and world leaders set to confer at Davos,
a posh ski resort tucked on the eastern reaches of Switzerland near
Liechtenstein, are implicitly pointed at by Oxfam.
"Policies successfully imposed by the rich in recent decades include
*financial deregulation* , *tax havens and secrecy* , *anti-competitive 
business*
practice, *lower tax rates on high incomes and investments* and *cuts* or
*underinvestment in public services for the majority* ," Oxfam said.
WEF however has decided to put the inequality theme up front during
the five-day event with closed doors seminars and public key talks
scheduled to mull over the hot-button issue.
In the forefront will be Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Sydney
has just taken on the G20 presidency, and in a speech on Thursday Abbot
should tackle the rich and poor gap issue, with the fight against tax 
havens
and evasion firmly on target.
In the report, Oxfam said that "since the lat 1970s, tax rates for the 
richest
have fallen in 29 of the 30 countries for which data are available, meaning
that in many places the rich not only get more money but also pay less 
tax on it."
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    @mejercit: ""John Manning"  wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
    Dammit Justin Beiber, it is not enough that you threaten democracy in 
Canada, but the rest of the world.
   And all because of those fangirls who beg their parents money to buy his 
CD's...
Michael "
    @spamcatch: "<quote>
	Taxing ANYONE is bad policy, economic or otherwise.
Don
aa#51, Knight of BAAWA, Jedi Slackmaster
Praise "Bob" or burn in Slacklessness trying not to."
    @kiltmac: "<quote>
Not instigating it, noting it has been going on for a long time. And the 
rich, who started it, are winning."
    @spamcatch: "On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:02:17 GMT, <email_address> (Logan
<quote>
	Because Spamming has run out of other things to spam.
Don
aa#51, Knight of BAAWA, Jedi Slackmaster
Praise "Bob" or burn in Slacklessness trying not to."
    @mejercit: ""Tom McDonald"  wrote in message news:lbs1ko$rba$<email_address>
<quote>
   Against people who spend dozens of dollars to watch Justin Beiber sing 
and the Lakers play basketball, how could the rich LOSE?
Michael "
    @mejercit: ""Don Kresch"  wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
    He could always spam faggotry.
Michael "
    @peeling: "On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 07:14:15 -0800, "Michael Ejercito"
<quote>
How does NOT spending money increase someone's income, gook?
Haven't you got a pile of Forms 1040EZ to check?"
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